Attachment for horseshoes.



H. D. Hows.l

ATTACHMENT FOB HORSESHOES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed. June 1, ISOB Serial No. 436,085.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that i, HORACE D. l-lovis. a

" citizen of the United States, residing at Waterford, in the' coui'ttlsvv of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useV ful Improvements in .\.ttachnients for llorse shoes; and l do hereby decla-rc` the following to be zi full, clear., and exact description of the' invent-ion, such as will' enable others skilled in the iiit to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to horseshocs and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment to a horseshoe especially adapted to the feet of horses atlected with contracted lice-ls, pumice feet, flat feet.,

quarter crac-k or other soreness of the heels, lameness of thenavicular Joints and kindred troubles.

Another object of the invention is tol prov adapted to the form and location of the frog relative to thc shoe.

'lhe invention further consists in certain other novel features-of construction as hereafter shown and described and .specifically pointed out iii the. claims, and in the. drawings illustrative of the preferredembodiment of the invention., Figure 1 isa bottom plan view of a horseshoe with the improvement applied. Fig. .2 is a section omthe line 2 2 l o Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The improved device comprises a bar 1U having apertures at the ends to receive the fastening means, preferably screws ll-l2 whereby the bar may be connected transversely of t-he shoe 13, near the heel poi-tions, i

' adapted to any variations in the frog. this simple arrangement the frog plate may be adiusted to tit any irregularities of the surthe bar being wider at the center as shown plurality of spaced' and provided with a threaded apertures.

A plate 14 is provided and foi-'med with diverging sides and disposed above the bar 10 and adapted to bear against the frog portion of the foot and provided with a plurality of sockets 1:'3 correspi'indiiig to the apertures in the, bar to receive the reduced ends 16 of screws l? which engage the threaded aper turcs of the bar. By this means the. plate is -adjustably supported from the bar, and By face of the frog by simpl?1 actuating vthe adl justing screws, so that t e plate bears uniformly upon also suiaces of the frog, 'and thus prevents unequal pressure, o'r strains thereon.

The improved device may be ap lied to shoes of all sizes, and readily adapte( to different. shapes of shoes. The forni of the plate with the sidesv diverging toward the eel portion is an im ortant feature, as the wider portion of the p ate is thereby disposed where the greatest strains occur, an the strains 'thus distributed over a greater area. of the foot.

What is claimed, is

l. An attachment for horseshoes conipiising a bar adapted to be attached to the shoe and extended laterally intermediate the ends and with a plurality of spaced threaded apex' tu res in the extended portion, a plate ada ted to bear beneath the frog portion of the ioof of the horse, and a plurality of screws operat'- ing through said threaded apertures and bearing beneath said plate and providing,` iiicaiis for atlj\ stably connecting said plate to said bar.

2. An attachment for horseshoes comprisin, r n. bar adapted to be attached to the shoe and extendedlaterally intermediate the ends and with a plurality of spaced threaded apertures in the'exteiided portion, aplateadapted to bear bem-ath the frogportion of the ioof of the horse and with the sides diverging toward the heel, and a plurality of screws operating through said threaded apertures and 100 |19 horse and provl ed with sockets corresponding to the threaded apertures of the bar, and

a. plurality of screws operating hrougheaid threaded a ertures and vreduced at one end to rotative y engage the sockets of the plate.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, 15 in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE D. HOVIS. Witnesses: ALEX. Pore,

/MAUDE A. WILLIS. 

